Nginx HTTP Server - Softcover

Nedelcu, Clement

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849510865 ISBN 13: 9781849510868

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

The book includes detailed instructions for each of the processes it describes: downloading and installing the application, configuring and using modules, and much more. It provides a step-by-step tutorial to replace your existing web server with Nginx. With commented configuration sections and in-depth module descriptions, you will be able to make the most of the performance potential offered by Nginx. By covering both early setup stages and advanced topics, this book will suit web administrators interested in solutions to optimize their infrastructure, whether they are looking into replacing existing web server software or integrating a new tool cooperating with applications already up and running. If you, your visitors, and your operating system have been disappointed by Apache, this book is exactly what you need.

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About the Author

Clement Nedelcu

Clement Nedelcu was born and raised in France, and studied in U.K., French, and Chinese universities. He is now a computer science teacher at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology in Zhenjiang, a southwestern city of China. He also works as technology consultant in France, specialized in web and Microsoft .NET development as well as Linux server administration. Since 2005, he has been administering a major network of websites in his spare time. This eventually led him to discover Nginx: it made such a difference that he started his own blog about it. One thing leading to another...

The author's blog can be visited at cnedelcu.net and contains articles about Nginx and other web development topics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849510865
• ISBN 13: 9781849510868
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 327